Building!

You may be wondering what it takes to build a ropes course.  I asked myself this question before I went on this building trip.  I really didn't know if I had the skills to do the job and going with a bunch of guys didn't help much either... needless to say... I was intimidated!!

We spent the first couple of days prepping the site for building.  We organized building supplies and cut down some trees.  One of the great blessings was having lots of help so prepping went quick and we got to building after just a couple of days!

ORGANIZING

Rapid links... put into groups of 5.

Hooks and light rope to make the spider web.

Bolts to connect cables to the trees.

CUTTING TREES

Climbing a tree with only my harness and 2 webbing straps!  A good workout! 

I climbed this tree to tie a rope around it so they could control the direction it landed.  We decided to do this after the previous tree took out the neighbor's fence. 

We didn't hit anything with this tree... yay for us!

Have I mentioned yet that I love to climb?  Well, just in case I forgot... I do love to climb!!